Oil-can



(No Model.) 5

' W. PROSOH.

OIL CAN.

V No. 535,578. Patented Mar. 12, 1895.

and nose, I), in the usual manner.

WILLIAM FROSCH, OF BALLARD VALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL- -CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 535,578, dated March12, 1895.

Application filed January 2, 1895. Serial No. 533,517. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'WILLIAM FROSCH, of Ballard Vale, in the county ofEssex, State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in OilOans, of which the following is a descriptionsufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in theart or science to which said invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved oil can; Fig 2, a top plan view of the same, the body of thecan being shown as broken 01f; and Fig. 3, an elevation illustrating amodification.

Like letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe different fig ures of the drawings.

My invention relates especially to a device for operating the filler-capof oil-cans; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter fullyset forth and claimed, the object being to produce a simple, cheap andeffective article of this class.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understoodby those conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the body of the can'whioh is provided witha handle, B, Its filler nipple,f, is closed by the ordinary cap, 0.Adjacent the handle, B, I secure in the top of the can a tube, it,having a closed bottom, 2'. This tube is slotted vertically in its outerend for a determined distance atm, and on the upper end of said tube ashoulder, p, is formed. An angle-rod, g, has one end secured to the cap,its opposite end projecting into the tube, h, and provided within saidtube with a nut, 15. A coiled spring, n, is interposed between said nutand a projection, w, within the tube. The ofi-set, cc,of the rod, q,projectsthrough the slot, m, in the tube. The spring, '1), actsexpans'ively to throw the tube downward normally holding the cap, 0, inengagement with the filler-nippl e, f. From a single strand of wire Iform a lever, y,pivoted at z, to the handle, B. This lever is providedwith a thumb-piece, a", and the wire composing the lever passes aroundthe tube, it, its outer end being bent upward forming a cam, s, disposedbelow the right angle offset, er, and cap rod, q.

In the use of my improvement, the operator manipulates the can in theusual manner by grasping the handle, 13. The thumb-piece, r, is thendepressed driving the rod, g, upward against the pressure of the spring,2;, and carrying with it the cap, C, until disengaged from the nipple,f, at which point the off-set, m, is above the mouth of the slot, m. Thecam, s, inclining, as shown, now causes the rod, q, to rotate and theofi-set, 00, thereof to slip onto the shoulder, 19, throwing the cap, 0,laterally into the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. Thisshoulder holds the rod against the pressure of the spring, 12. To closethe nipple, f, of the cap, the cap is rotated until the off-setregisters with the slot, m, when the spring will act to drive the roddownward and engage the cap with the nipple in a manner which will beunderstood without a more explicit description.

In Fig. 3 a modification is shown. Instead of the tube, h, I employ asolid post, 15, havinga shoulder, 16, on its upper end. The rod, gconnecting with the cap, 0, has its opposite end coiled, as at 17,around said post, the extreme end of the spring thus formed beingsecured to said post. This is a somewhat cheaper method of making thedevice and when actuated by the cam the spring will act contractivelyand torsionally.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is 1. In an oil canaslotted cylinder rovided with a shoulder in combination with aspringpulled rod fitted to slide and rotate in said cylinder; a fillernipple cap on the outer end of said rod; an offset in said rodprojecting through said slot and adapted to engage said shoulder and acam lever pivoted on said can and engaging said rod, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. In an oil-can, a slotted cylinder on the can; a spring-tensioned rodfitted to slide and rotate in said cylinder; a filler-nipple cap on saidrod; a lever pivotally connected to said can and adapted to elevate androtate said rod whereby the cap is disengaged from the nipple; anddevices for supporting the rod thus elevated against the pressure of thespring substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM FROSCH.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. Fosrnn, GEORGE A. PARKER.

